Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1912 and the college archives say: 'Percy Cottrell was educated at The King’s School, Canterbury and entered Worcester College in 1912 with a Classics Exhibition. During his time at the College he was a member of the Philistines Club (a literary society) and the Boat Club, and rowed in the Eight in 1913 which achieved 6 bumps. He joined the army at the outbreak of the war in August 1914 and did not return to complete his degree. He served first in France in 1915, and then on the Macedonian Front where he worked in the Intelligence Corps as a Greek interpreter. Lieutenant Percy Cottrell died on 27 September 1918 of wounds received 9 days earlier in action at Snevce. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross, the Greek Order of the Redeemer and the Greek Military Cross in early 1919.'